Chapter 58: The Winter Wine Festival
On the day of the Winter Wine Festival, the curfew was lifted, and the soldiers who patrolled the night were orderly shuttled through the flow of people.
Boys and girls are dressed in new clothes, and while enjoying the wine, their eyes are looking at each other.
The woman's hair is pinned with a delicate hairpin, which shines in a touching light under the illumination of the lamp.
The Winter Wine Festival, Mingli is a festival for tasting good wine, and secretly it is also a good time for men and women of appropriate age to look at each other, which is a tacit custom of Yan people.
This is also the direct reason why Fang Qin was anxious to let Su Wanning relieve Lu Qingyue.
In order to take care of the tourists who do not like to drink, a total of 10 rings of poetry and song and dance competitions are set up along the streets of the Winter Wine Festival, and a wine jar and paper and pen will be placed next to each ring.
Those who win the ring will receive 10 pots of fine wine made by famous artists, which they can take back to their friends and family.
If it is an onlooker, you can only get a small share.
The real home of the Winter Wine Festival is the Yanque Tower, which is surrounded by water, the tallest building outside the palace wall.
You can taste a thousand kinds of wine in the world when you enter, and those who can tell the most about the raw materials and methods of brewing will be invited to the highest floor, and the young owner of the Yanque Tower will light the blessing lamp and get the mysterious treasure.
The world only knows that the winners of previous years will either be promoted to the rank of knight, or they will make money every day, or they will marry a wife. In short, without exception, they all got what they wanted.
This makes some market gangsters who don't work all day long excited, soaking in wine vasks all year round, hoping that the Winter Wine Festival will win the first place that year.
Su Wan's mind was not on fighting wine, so she didn't pay attention to the direction of Yanque Tower.
Lu Qingyue beside her is what she cares about the most at the moment.
Lu Qingyue left the house and became lively and moving instantly, she was wearing a light purple lotus leaf skirt with gold trim, and her whole person was a lot brighter: "Sir, the Winter Wine Festival is really interesting."
She grabbed a rabbit mask and hid it in front of her.
Su Wanning looked at her with a smile and didn't say a word, but just helped Lu Qingyue lightly when the flow of people passed by.
But she was still bumped into by a naughty child, and Su Wanning was forced to let go of Lu Qingyue's arm.
The soles of Lu Qingyue's feet slipped, and she was unsteady, took a few steps back, and knocked down the stall covered with masks.
All kinds of masks fell to the ground, and some were trampled through the corners by passers-by.
"Two girls, the villain is a small business, so I pointed out that there were many people tonight, so I sold a lot of silver taels to save enough money for the children in the family to go to the school. What can I do about this trouble?" The stall owner is not fierce, but he is really wronged, and there are a few tears in his eyes.
But his mother-in-law was not so easy to get along with, the woman wore a headscarf in her hair, tucked into her waist, and screamed: "Okay! smashed my Sun Erniang's stall today, don't think about it! Why did I marry such a wreck of you, and I couldn't speak when I saw two beautiful girls!"
As she spoke, Sun Erniang also stepped forward and grabbed Lu Qingyue who was stunned.
Su Wanning hurriedly stepped forward, flicked Sun Erniang's numb tendon with her fingertips, pushed her hand away, and smiled on her face: "This eldest sister, we have all the masks, so you should collect the stall and go back early."
Her hand reached into the sleeve of her shirt, only to find that it was empty at some point!
Didn't you just bump into her child?
Lu Qingyue saw Su Wanning standing and laughing without moving, her eyes turned red even more, and she cried: "Sir, it shouldn't be that the silver taels were stolen!"
Su Wanning sighed in her heart, this Lu Qingyue is really straightforward, Sun Erniang will definitely bite and not let go.
Sure enough, Sun Erniang looked disdainful, and even swore a lot of dirty words: "Phew! It turned out that they were also two fake Qinggao, and they didn't have any spare money in their pockets, so they dared to come out and mix. Could it be that the girl in the building took advantage of the joy of the Winter Wine Festival to come out and hang the man!"
Seeing that there were seven or eight passers-by watching, the good deeds also coaxed: "These two chicks are not bad in color, how can they be scoundrels, and they don't want to lose money by messing up other people's stalls, is there any royal law in the end?" If I don't tell me where your family lives, I will take off your two clothes and mortgage them, and it will be worth a lot of silver."
This sentence completely gave Sun Erniang confidence: "
Brother reminded me well, it should be a debt to pay back, rightly!"
Saying that, Sun Erniang was about to do it.
How could Su Wanning let her succeed, and stopped in front of Lu Qingyue with one hand: "The two of us are alone, and the rest of the house is separated. Why don't you tell the eldest sister where she lives, and I'll send someone to send you money early tomorrow morning."
"What if my grandson Erniang refuses?" Sun Erniang said cruel words, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, sat on the ground suddenly, and cried loudly: "Take pity on me and my husband, and do some small business to make a living. Tonight, the two girls are going to cut us off and send us down to the Yellow Spring!"
When Lu Qingyue saw this situation, the pear blossoms brought rain, and she cried so much that she messed up the rules, how could she still have half of the activity of doing things in the house.
It's just that in order to take Lu Qingyue to see each other, Fang Fang specially separated Lu Xuan and the others.
In order to avoid a lot of people, Su Wanning didn't even bring a single subordinate.
If it was an ordinary scoundrel, she could do it directly, but Sun Erniang in front of her was playing tricks on many people, and she couldn't punish her.
Just when Su Wanning was in a dilemma, a heavy bag of purses was thrown from mid-air to Sun Erniang, who was sitting on the ground.
"Auntie, don't cry, disturb my ears, bully two defenseless girls, aren't you red-skinned?" Mei Zhexu shook the feather fan, approached with his black hair tied high, and looked at Su Wanning and the others intentionally or unintentionally.
After Mei Zhexu appeared, Lu Qingyue silently stopped her tears and looked at the young man who helped without blinking.
Sun Erniang quickly tore open the money bag, and after seeing the silver inside, she smiled: "Ouch, Gongzi is really the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, and he is kind-hearted. Pity my old woman to meet you, a great good man, today. The two girls couldn't help it, but it was the old woman's family who was strapped for money, so they came up with this decision."
After speaking, Sun Erniang was about to clean up the stall and leave.
"Wait." Mei Zhexu's feather fan hit Sun Erniang's shoulder, and he said coldly, "Let that kid return their money bags!"
After Su Wanning listened, her eyebrows raised slightly, so that's the case.
The couple took advantage of the excitement and crowding of the Winter Wine Festival, arranged for their children to steal money from the female guests who came and went in advance, and then deliberately broke the mask by mistake, so that the targeted woman lost money.
If they succeed, the couple will be compensated twice as much, and if they don't, they will be able to steal a silver bag.
Earn without losing money.
Lu Qingyue obviously hadn't reacted yet, and muttered, "Childe, maybe you misunderstood, they are just a poor couple. Make a living from a stall......
Mei Zhexu angrily hooked the corners of one side of her mouth, and nodded her forehead with a feather fan as if she were petting a pet, and her peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly: "Miss Lu, if all the women in the world are as kind and deceitful as you, the wicked people in the world should laugh so much that they can't sleep."
Lu Qingyue unconsciously stepped back with the strength of the fan, her eyes staring directly at Mei Zhexu's smiling peach blossom eyes, and there was a faint affection in the depths of her eyes.
Su Wanning, who was watching the play on the side, said secretly, Mei Zhexu, a demon, is good at skills, and he can fascinate the little girl in a few words.
Afterwards, Sun Erniang and his wife were escorted into the yamen by Mei Zhexu's entourage, and Mei Zhexu naturally followed Su Wanning.
"Two girls, I'll take care of the flowers tonight. My surname is Mei and my name is Zhexu. It's polite." Mei Zhexu bowed to Su Wanning very politely, but her eyes winked at her.
Su Wanning pretended to ignore his code and replied, "It's better to be respectful than to be smart, Mei Gongzi. This is my young lady Lu Qingyue, I am the teacher of the house, Mr. Qiushui, and I ask my son for more advice."
"Thank you, Childe." Lu Qingyue's cheeks turned crimson, and her thoughts had already drifted to Mei Zhexu.
Seeing this, Su Wanning only sighed at the mistake.
On the contrary, she completed the task assigned by Fang Qin in the most relaxed way, so that Lu Qingyue's love for the first time was open without much effort.
"Mr. Qiushui, why don't we go to the Yanque Tower, and I heard that Mr. has good wine, why don't we have a discussion? Who's better at drinking? Presumably, Miss Lu will have a good time." Mei Zhexu saw the situation clearly at a glance, and Su Wanning was sure that Lu Qingyue's feelings would be the main thing and would not refuse.
Lu Qingyue really agreed: "Of course, please ask Mei Gongzi to lead the way."
Su Wanning didn't know where Mei Zhexu had heard about the good autumn water wine, at least she hadn't touched a drop in the Lu Mansion.
When passing by the Jiuqu Covered Bridge, Mei Zhexu deliberately took a slow step and stood side by side with Su Wanning: "Qiushui is the gentleman of the Lu Mansion, so he must know the young master Lu Jiarong of the Mansion?" I don't know if there is a girl who serves with him by the side of this Lu Gongzi?"
Su Wanning only realized at this moment that Mei Zhexu had not guessed her true identity, and was trying to do everything she could at this time.
"No, I didn't. Lu Gongzi rarely returns home, and Miss Qingyue is probably the woman who has the closest contact with Gongzi." Su Wan stared at him left and right, drawing Mei Zhexu's attention to Lu Qingyue's side.
She had the intention of teasing Mei Zhexu, but she was unwilling to tell the truth.
"Mei Gongzi, you taste this grape wine." Lu Qingyue picked up a glass cup with a soft throat and handed the utensils flowing with purple wine to Mei Zhexu.
Mei Zhexu took it tentatively, looked directly into Lu Qingyue's eyes, and drank it all.
When he returned the wine cup, he also playfully rubbed the back of Lu Qingyue's hand, which caused the little girl to panic.
Su Wanning couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly grabbed Mei Zhexu's sleeve: "Hey, childe, didn't you say that you want to compare wine, let's go to taste wine together."
She didn't dare to let the little sheep fall into the hands of the gray wolf, and she didn't know how popular Mei Zhexu was with women.
Taking advantage of Lu Qingyue's drunken and slightly drunken kung fu, Su Wanning quickly approached Mei Zhexu, pretending to be vicious and said, "What, Mei Shizi wants to commit to the Lu Mansion and be an aunt?"
Mei Zhexu's eyes rolled, and his eyebrows rose with joy: "I'll just say that one of the two girls must be you."
"Cousin Mei, I really didn't expect you to be so clever that you would be the first to recognize me every time." Su Wanning couldn't help but compliment, she guessed that Mei Zhexu must be the first person to find out that she left a note.
"Don't dare, my good cousin, my brother just found your code. Also, you have loved wine since childhood. Even if you quit drinking, you won't easily abandon everything about alcohol. That's why I'm here to try my luck at the Winter Wine Festival." Mei Zhexu was complacent.
Su Wanning said provocatively: "It's true that I've quit drinking, and my cousin has the guts to compare with me. I don't need to know the wine, but I can write about the ingredients for it. See who knows more and more completely, and whoever agrees to the other party on a condition! How?"